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STATISTICS 



OF IHi: 



Manuiaclures and Sommspce 



OF 



LiAKH REJESMPHRKMAGOG, 



BY F, HARKINGTOW, 



.STAN.STEAD 

1864. 



L. K. ROBINSON. 



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Pemp|itmag0g l^oiise, 



NEWPORT, YEEMOKT. 



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THIS HOTEL is at the terminus oi" tiie Connecticut and 
Fassumpsic Rivers Kailroad, and the head of Steambont navi- 
gation on Lake Memphremagog. The site is convenient and the 
aspect beautiful. The house is large, new, commodious and air}-. 
The Railroad Passenger Depot is in the house, and the Steam- 
boat, when moored, is only 30 yards from it. The Churches, 
and all the business places of the Village, are within four m?n- 
utes walk. And it has facilities for promptly responding 1o all 
the requirements of the resident and traveling public. 

The views from the windows and verandahs emliraco some of 
the most beautiful scenery in Vermont, and Cnnada. Xeor tlie 
house the Lake is traversed by three Bri^lges,, with sections of 
the Lake and the mouth of Clyde River in view. Li the distance. 
Jay Fetik, in Vermont, Avhose altitude is -1018 feet, and Alouut 
Orford, in CanaiEliy, J^eavly ^^Jiigh^ wjth Q\vys Head and otlier 
conspicuous eminert^-^s.lJe'iVei'ii.tJijim; hein^ ^'^}^^^ ^^^ the distin- 
guishing features., of, tl^i,\Qreen ^Mountain rnnges 'of the region, 
are nttractive obl^{l^=,ino\ti>i««^^ .* ••*: ; 



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Manufacturing and Commercial Statistics of 
Lake Memphremagog. 

It is known to the people living in near proximity to Lake 
Mempliremagog that it is my intention to publish a description 
of the lake and its littoral villages. And it was expected that 
this would have been done before now. But, after setting about 
it, the time was too short for the collection of original materials 
enough for a satisfactory result ; and there were other obstacles 
that need not be detailed which rendered delay unavoidable. As 
some explanation is due those who were expecting the publication, 
it is hoped this brief statement will be satisfactory. 

The impetus recently given to the business of the lake and the 
surrounding country, by the extension of the railroad to the lake- 
shore, the increasing development of the valuable minerals in the 
adjacent and neighboring townships, the spreading knowledge of 
the scenic beauty of the lake and its environs, and its commercial 
convenience and value, and other causes, have increased the long 
existing desire for a book detailing the beginning and progression 
of the settlements around the lake. Such a book ought to have 
been made many years ago, when the early events that constitute 
the progressive history of a newly settled country Avere fresh in 
the memory of the people. 

In my familiar intercourse with the inhabitants of the lake- 
shore, in collecting original materials for publication they have 
not only gladly imparted the knowledge they possessed, but ex- 
pressed a friendly desire that the history of the region may be se- 
cured Avliile those who have participated in making its history are 
yet living to narrate it. And believing, from these demonstra- 
tions and similar indications from other sources, that my propo- 
sition to publish a descriptive history of the lake will be accepta- 
ble to the public, I shall present to the inhabitants of the lake- 
bordering townships an opportunity to ensure its publication by 
subscribing f<jr a sufficient number of copies of the book to equal 
the cost of 'printing and binding it. Persons possessing a knowl- 
edge of facts suitable for original items in the history of Lake 
Memphremagog, if they approve of my proposed publication as a 
medium for their preservation, are requested to honor it with their 
contributions, for it is only by the aid of individual suggestions 
and coutributions that such a compilation can be made. It is with 
pleasure that I thank all persons for tlieir favors who have aided 
me in obtaining facts, private and official, for publication. 

In presenting to the public the following short account of the 
present manufacturer and commerce appertaining to the lake, a 



ie\v prefatory remarks are requisite. It needs no explanation to- 
those who are familiar with the. lake. But distant readers, who, 
having never seen it, knov/ that it is surrounded by populous 
townships whose inhabitants are pi^osperously engaged in agri- 
culture, stockraising, manufactures, trade, literature and all the 
usual industrial and social pursuits of rural communities, might 
think this a small show of business if not informed that it repre- 
sents only what is done on the sliores of the lake. It includes a 
few mills, a little v/ay up some of the different streams, the most 
of -whose products find their natural transit to market by floating 
on the lake. The chief village of the townships of Magog and 
Newport are at the lakeside. But the principal villages and cen- 
ters of business in the other lake townships are aAvay from the 
lake, mostly from four to eight miles. And although in early 
times, they were almost wholly dependent on the lake for the 
transportation of ponderous articles, they are now in the enjoy- 
ment of better facilities for most of their trade. The reason why 
some of the lake townships are not mentioned, is because their 
sites of manufacture and trade are not on the shore. 

The outflowing and inflowing streams of the lake present a 
good deal of motive power which has not yet been applied to ma- 
chinery, and the adjacent country abounds in materials for manu- 
factures, and new lands are still in the market. Therefore the 
shrewd artisan and expert capitalist may here see openings for 
the successful application of labor and capital. And it may be 
well to mention, in connection with this suggestion, that A. C. 
Buchanan is the Chief Immigrant Agent at Quebec, and James 
K. Oilman, of Stanstead, is the Gold Mining Inspector for the 
District of Saint Francis. 

"The mining intetests of the Eastern Townships will abstract a large number of la- 
borers from farms the present season.'' — [Stanstead Journal, 1804. 

"No part of Canada is better suited to the emigrant from the United Kingdom than 
are the Eastern Townships.— [Sherbrooke Freeman, 186-1. 

This is the first time that this kind of statistics of the lake has 
been collected and printed ; and although some things may have 
been overlooked and omitted, and others not stated with sufficient 
fullness, it is hoped that the desirableness and need of the dis- 
semination of such information — and its convenient form for 
postal distribution — will render it acceptable. 

In the following details the natural order is followed beginning 
at the head of the lake and proceeding downward. The lake, 
without exactitude, is from 1 mile to 3 miles wide and 30 miles 
long ; about one third of its length, at the upper end, is in Ver- 
mont and the rest of it in Canada. Three rivers each about as 
long as the lake, bring the chief supply of water, the Clyde en- 
tering opposite the village of Newport and the Black and Barton 
above it. Its outrunning water, Magog river, seeks the ocean by 
joining the Saint Francis river at Sherbrooke. The lake is 
bounded by four townships in Canada and four in Vermont. — 
Those in Vermont, though variform, are about equivalent to six 



luiles square each. Bj the census of 1860, the population of 
Coventry was 91-1; Derby, 1910; Newport, 1197; Salem, 603. 
Those in Canada are about equal each to ten miles square, Ma- 
goo; is less, and by the census of 1861, the number of inhabitants 
in Bolton was 2526 ; Magog, 1059 ; Pott^n, 1994 ; Stanstead, 
5127. The account of manufactures and trade is for the year 
1863. In some instances the statement could not conveniently be 
confined to that year, but embraces one year's business as nearly 
including that year as practicable. The items for village details 
were collected prior to June 1, 1864. 



Newport, Vermont. 

This Village, in the Township of Newport, is at the head of 
steamboat navigation and the present terminus of the Connecti- 
cut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad. It is a Port of Entry and 
became a village corporation April 6, 1864. 

Revenue.* — Custom House — William H. Rand. Collector. Duties were 
first collected here in ISol, and the entries were sent to Albuff^h. The 
first entry in the record here, was January 11, 1855. From January 1, to 
December ol, 1855, the amount of Goods entered was $19531,87 and the 
amount of Duties received was §250,38. From January 1, to December 
31, 1S63, the amount of Goods entered was $34141,26 and the amount of 
Duties received was $34,42. 

Post Office — Charles R. Clough, Post Master. The name of the office 
is Newport. It was established January 1, 1837 and moved to this Vil- 
lage February 10, 1840. The receipts for postage in 1863 were about 
$500, There is a large sale of stamps besides, many of which are trans- 
-mitled to the army. The Postmae;ter's commission in 1863 was $323,41. 

Stages of the various ro'.ites through the country meet here. On the 
arrival of the Cars and Steamboat at evening, a sixhorse coach goes to 
Stanstead, ten miles, and returns before their departure in the morning. 
And between their morning departure and evening arrival the stage goes 
•again to Stanstead and back to Newport. 

The Railroad Passenger depot is in the Mertiphremagog House ; and 
the Steamboat, when moored, is only 30 yards from it. 

Merchandise. — This is for 1863, as qualified by a previous remark, and 
is the aggregate of eight stores, one of which deals in watches and jewel- 
ry and one in drugs and hooks. Goods sold $136,000. One of the hou- 
ses sold Hops to the amount of $28,000 in 1863, not included in the a- 
bove, and usually pays $10,000 a year for Wool. And one man from the 
fir.st coming of the cars to the Village, Oct 3rd to the 1st of June, pur- 
chased 250 horses here for about $31250, and other persons are occasion- 
ally in the same business. There are a number of mercantile houses here 
doing an extensive business, which have not been established long enough 
to make a year's report and their business is not mcluded io this state- 
ment. 

Railroad. — The first arrival of the Passenger cars at this Village wa» 
October SIS. 1863, and the number of Passengers arriving, to June 1, 1864 
was 3,856* 1-2 and the number departing was 4,380 1-2, making 8,287. — 
At the time of ai)piication to the Freight Master it was not convenient to 
repait the amount of freight to and from this place, 

♦In August 18(yi the President proclaimed Newport ji port for exportation of niProhaB- 
dire in bond to Canada. 



Freight.— Tonnage to and from Newport from October 12, 186S to 
May 31, 1864 : * 

October, 1863 965,446 pounds. 

November 1,311,556 " 

December .848,253 " 

January, 1864 998,973 •♦ 

February 988,765 " 

March 1 , 159,801 •• 

April ' 704,450 " 

May 1,11 J,306 " 



8,088,950 " 

Newspaper. — The "Newport News," a weekly newspaper, was first is- 
sued May 20. 1863. C. C. Spalding, Proprietor and Publisher. ' 

Lime Kiln. — The kiln now being built will begin burning in 1864 and 
will make from 100 to 130 barrels of lime a day. 

Steam Sawmill. — This is not only a .sawmill, but a sash, door and wio- 
dowblind manufactory, with an engine of 100 hone power, and will begin 
work in 1864. 

In 1843 the Village consisted -of five families, and in 1858, of about 20 
buildings, exclusive of barns and open sheds. Now, the number of build- 
iugs, thus excluding, is 80. There are 2 Churches ; 2 Ministers of the 
Gospel ; an Academy and District School ; a Library ; a Printing Office ; 
a Cornet Band; a Custom House ; a Post Office ; a Town Clerk's Office ; 
a Village Clerk's Office ; a Town Treasurer's Office ; a Village Treasurer's 
Office; 4 Lawyer's Offices; 2 Physicians and Surgeons; a Surgeon 
Dentist; a Wholesale Store; 2 Wholesale and Retail Stores; 
2 Grocery Stores ; a Boot, Shoe and Gentlemens' Furnishing Store; 
a Stove, Tinware, Crockery and Cabinet Ws^re Store ; 2 Dry Goods 
and Millinery Stores ; a Drug and Book Store ; a Watch; Clock 
and Jewelry Store; a Musical Instrument and Mu.sic Store; 2 
Daguerreian Artists Rooms; a Fire Insurance Agency; 1 Hotel; 
a Passenger Depot; a Freight Depot; an Express, Steamboat, Railroad 
and Stage Office ; an Engine House, a Car House ; 3 Livery Stables; 2 
Boot and Shoe Shops ; a Marble and Gravestone Shop ; a Merchant Tail- 
or's Shop ; 3 Milliner's Shops ; a Cabinet Ware Finishing Shop ; 2 
Blacksmith Shops; a Carriage and Sleigh Shop; a Harness and Trunk 
Shop; a Tinware Shop ; 2 Meat Market Shops; an Eating Saloon; a 
Steam Sawmill ; a Steam Tug and Barges: a Lime Kiln ; 2 Lime Stores ; 
a Painter's Shop ; a Barber's Shop ; a Billiard Room; a Bowling. Saloon. 
The Trotting Park of the Village is across the lake. 

West Derby, Vermont. 

This is a diffuse village in the township of Derby, opposite the 
Village of NeAvport, a little back from the lake and partly along 
the Clyde river. It consists of about 90 buildings, exclusive, as 
above, mostly in three clusters. 

Revenue.— Post Office. Erastus White Sprague, Post Master. Date 
of its establishment not definitely ascertained. Receipts for postage in 
1863, about ^96. Tha name of the office is West Derby. 

Merchandise.— Goods sold in 1863, $15000. • 

Manufactures. — Woollen Cloths. From 7,000 to 10,000 yards year- 

*The8e Railroad items do not convey to the reader a just conception of the amount of 
boslness the Road is doing at the time the Pamphlet is issued— October, instead of June- 
as was intended. The business of the Road has greatly increased aiaoe May, andia con- 
tinually increasing. 



i'y. Cloth Di-essii:<^, th»» p«>l y»ar, -300 yard*. Wool Caidio^, 5,000* 
pounds. This factory ha» rcceMtly come inlo the poRsession of the present 
proprietors, and the business will increasie. 

Lumber. In 1863, abo-.t 800,000 feet. One of liie Sawroilh ean inak» 
1 ,250,000 feet a year. 

Sash, Doors and Blindr. Information not furni»h<?d. 

Chairs. Annual amount about 1000 chair.*^, with some Caliinet I'tir- 
nilure. 

Surgeon's Trusses, $300 a year. Aqueduct Augers and Pump Augcrt. 
$200 a year. 

Starch. Average annual amount, 50 tons. Made none the last Iwe 
years, but will resume the first plentiful crop of potatoes. 

Bricks. In 18G3, 85,000 Bricks. 

The villnj^e comprises a Church ; 2 Seho©l Knuses; a Post Office ; an 
Express Office ; a "Store ; u Gristmill — 3 runs ; 2 Sawmills ; a Sash, Door 
and Window-blind Shop ; a Woollen Factory, with C'loth Dressinj; and 
Wool Cardinj;; a Sarijeon's Tru^^s, Aqueduct and Pumj) .A.uger and Gun- 
smith Snop; 2 Cabinet Shops; 2 Wood Turner's Shops ;. a Chair Factory r 
Q Blacksmith Shep ; a Harness Shop : a Painter's Shop ; a Starch Factory; 

Magoon's Point, Canada. 

This is a handsome agricultural district, bctAveen the lake and 
East Bay, and in the township of Stanstead. 

Manufactures. — Lime. The tirRt lim-^ made here was obout the year 
1829. The quantity made in 1863, was 5,550 bushels. There are two 
kilns. On? had been idle and recen'tly came into possession of thf j)re8ent 
owner, and they will each make more the current year than heretofore.— 
There is another kiln a few miles down the lake that has been idle and is 
now at work. 

Brick. This is the first year of brick makit)g here, and the expectation 
is to make 400,000 bricks this year. 

OwPs Head Mountain House, Canada. 

This is a popular Hotel, r.t the lakeside in the township of Potton, a- 
bout 12 miles below Newport and 5 above the chief ferry. There is a 
Post Office in the house bu' no information has been furnished in reference 
to it. The name of the office is Owl's Head, and A. C. Jennings ig the 
Post Master. 

Fitch Bay, Canada. 

This is a village ia the township of Staostead, a little above 
the head of long bay^, upon its chief affluent stream. The bay, 
below the Narrows, is called East Bay ; above the Narrows, 
Fitch Bay. 

Revenue. — Post Office. Joseph Monroe, Post Master. The office Avas 
established in July 1855, and the receipts in 1863, were $38,03. On ac- 
count of unpaid letters posted here and prepaid letters delivered here,this 
represents only about half the business of the office. The name of the 
office is Fitch Bay. 

Merchandise.— Goods sold in 1863, about $4000. 

Manufactures.— Potash. In 1863, 14 barrels, in 1664, 15 barrels.— 
Sent to Boston. 

Lumber. In 1863, 750,000 feet. Of this, the mill in the \illage made 
200,000 feet, and will make, in 1864, 600,000 feet. The rest was made 
near the bay on inflowing streams. 

Cabinet Furniture, — One year, to May I8<>4. about $1000. 



■ ^'a^■In^<'s and i>l«igh«. Oi-jtf year, to Muy 18<54, about $1500. 

8hip Timber. In 1864, about 100 tons were sent out of this bay, and 
T^bout 200 tons out of Harvev Creek — boih of which will be included in 
the ^evevil Hocount of Ship Timber at Mago^. About 150,000 feet of 
Lumber conies to Harvey Landing, which has no where else been men- 
lioned. 

'The village, A\hich is 4 miles by stageroad from Georgeville, consists of 
40 building^!, exchiding, as before, and comprises a School House, which 
is the place of public worship; a Minister of the Gospel; a Post Office; 
H ."itore ; a House of Entertainment supplying the place of a hotel; a 
Grist rr.il I — 3 runs ; a Sawmill, with circular saw and planing machine ; a 
CfibineL Shop; a Carriage and Sleigh Shop; 2 Blacksmith Shops ; a Boot 
and Shoe Shop; a Harness Shop ; a Watch Shop; a Polashry. 

G^orgevilie, Canada. 

This is a Tillage in the township of Stanstead, at the chief 
ferry of the lake in tlie MoDtreal-Staustead thoronglifare, a few 
rods from the shore in a handsome and convenient sag ot the ele- 
vated ground. It is ten milesf either by land or water, above the 
outlet of the Like; and the ferry, from this villarre to Knowlton 
Landing, is 2 miles long. Besides the Stanstead-Montreal stage, 
there is, when the Steamboat is not riu"niing, a .Stage to Magog 
and back daily, except Sunday. A small steamboat, for private 
pleasure, is owned in this township, above this village, which in- 
creases the steam craft of the lake to three in number. 

Kevenue. — Custom House. The first entry in the Office here wis June 
17, 1854. It was a Port of Entry till the death of the Collector, James 
H, McVey, m 1863 ; since thon a suOport. 

imports. Duty. Imports. Duty. 

1860 $14926 $2298,04 1862 $5700 $642.40 

1861 6888 1132,80 1863 14703 2242,16 
Post Office. Alexander P"inch, Post Master. Date of its establish- 

inent not ascertained. Present Post Master appointed In October, 1863. 
The bnsinfs-, of the office in. 1863, was,^8274,66 1-3. Post Master's com- 
mission, ^59,60 1-2. ihe name of the office is Georgeville. The Post 
Office at Stanstead Plain was established in 1817. 

Steamboat. The Steamboat, Mountain Maid, was built at Georgeville 
in 1850. She is 37 feet wide and 108 feet long, over all ; and the ton- 
nage, after deducting the engine and engine room, is 81 and 61-100 tons; 
and the engine is 36 horse power, xAmerican reckoning. 

Number of Passengers and amount of Freight in 1863. Definite in- 
form ;ition has not been furnished.* 

Merchandise. — Goods sold in 1863, about $15000. 

Manufactures.— Boats. In 1863, two large Barges built, and the 
iSteamboat repaired. 

Leather. In 1863, about $500, chiefly custom work. Proprietor late- 
ly come into possession and will increase. 

The village consists of 40 buildings, excluding, as before, and comprises 
a Church ; a Minister of the Gospel; an Academy and District School ; a 
Physician and Surgeon ; a Post Office ; 2 Stores ; 2 Hotels ; a Stage, 
Steamboat and Express Office ; a Preventive Officer; a Fire Insurance 
Agency : a Land Agency ; a Blacksmith Shop ; a Tanner and Currier 
Shop ; a Boot and Shoe Shop ; a Shipyard ; a Steamboatand Barges. 

*'n»e amount of receipts for Passengers and Freight in 1864 will be about $4000. 



Knowiton Laading, Canada. 

This is a hamlet, in the township of Potton, opposite Georg(»- 
ville, consisting of 5 dwelling houses, one of which, though not a 
hotel, is a House of Eutertainmeot fov travellers, and is a Steam- 
boat, Sta.G;e and Express office. There are also a Boot and Shoe 
Shop, and a Potashery. vStages via the Mineral Spring in Pottou 
to Mansonville, and via Bald Mountain Pass to Sweetsburgh and 
Waterloo, meet the Steamboat here. 

Manufactures.— Potash. In 1863, 3 tons. 

Lumber. There is none made here; and it may be mentioned here as 
well as anywhere that there are three sawmill-! in Potion appertaining to 
the lake that made,- in 1863, about 235,000 feet. 

Lime. There are two or three kilns in the vicinity of the Landing that 
are occasionally active. 

Bayhead, Canada. 

Austin Bay, in the township of Bolton, is 2 miles long, and 
the inland part of it, landlocked by Green Point, is called Pleas- 
ant Bay. Between two brooks that enter the head of this bay a 
substantial wharf was made in the autumn of 1863. Bayhead is 
situated about 120 rods from the wharf, up Thomson Brook, and 
is a hamlet consisting of 8 buildings, excluding as before ; and in- 
cludes a Post Office ,• a Store ; a Blacksmith Shopaud a Boot and 
Shoe Shop. 

Post Office. Amos Austin, Post Master. The name of the office is 
East Bolton. No other information in reference to it has been received. 

Merchandise. Goods sold, in 1863, about $8000. 

Timber.— Logs equal to about 150,000 feet, board measure, were floated 
out of this bay, in 1863. 

The road distance from the Steamboat Wharf at Bayhead to the Rail- 
way Depot at Waterloo, is 17 miles. 

Brick Kiln, Landing. 

This is simply a landing, in the township of Bolton ; and a few 
kilns of bricks were made here more than fifty-five years since. — 
The present proprietor began the manufacture of bricks four years 
ago, and made, in 1861, 60,000 bricks ; in 1862, 70,000 ^ in 1863, 
65,000 ; and 1864, none. 

Oliver, Canada. 

This is a compact neighborhood of farmhouses, in the township 
of Magog, with a School House and a Carriage and Sleigh Shop, 
about half a mile from the lake and equi-distant, 5 miles, from 
Georgeville, Magog and Fitch Bay. 

Manufactures. — Carriages and Sleighs, in 1863, about $900. 

Between here and the village of Magog are 2 Lime Kilns, which, though 
they made none in 1863, usually make about 1000 bushels of lime a year. 

Magog, Canada. 

This is the village of the township of Magog, and is often called The Outlet. The 
township was made of surplus lands of Bolton and Hatlpy, andimboeoraa « or 9 miles, in 



length, of the lower ead of the lake. Magog river, the outlet of the 1ak« doe* a«>f 
emanate from the end of the lake, but flows out of the righthanri side a. short distance 
from the end, through a rocky channel, and is traversed near the lake by a bridge 21 f<jet 
wide and 224 feet long — besides the approaches. The village Is mostly built on the street 
that thus crosses the river, and another that crosses this street and leads along the left 
hand bank of the river. This is the port of the Steamboat for this end of the lake, and 
the Wharf is a little above the village, 4 or 5 minutes walk from the hotels. The river, 
through the village, is from 250 to .300 feet ixide ; and. in the first half mile from the lake, 
falls 26 feet. 1- rom this statement its motive power for machinery, regulated by a wing 
dam, may be judged of. The Magog-Shorbrooke stage is daily, except Sunday, the year 
round. The Stanstead- Waterloo leaves Stanstead Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 
returns the other days. In Summer, the Magog- Waterloo, in addition to the other, is 
daily, except Sunday. 

Revenue.— Post Office. Calvin Abbott, Post Master. Business of the office in 1863, 
about $200. Date of establishment not ascertained. A weekly maU, on horseback, from 
Montreal via Magog to Stanstead and back, began in the Summer of 1S23; but probably 
there was not then an office here. 
Merchandise.— Goods sold in 186.3, about $36,000. 

Manufactures.- Lumber. In 1863. about 1,800,000 feet. One of the sawmills can 
make 3,000,000 feet a year. 
Sash, Doors and Blinds. In 1863, $2000. 

Shingles, In 1863, two hundred thousand shingles. Can make eight hundred thou- 
sand a year. 
Carriages and Sleighs. In 1863, $1000. Usually, $2000 a year. 
Washing Machines and Churns. In 1863, $800. 
Cabinet Furniture. In a year, about $1000. 

Rakes. A year, 150 dozens, $300, Scythe Snaths. About 60 dozens a year. 
Hoop Skirts. One factory in 1863, $1000. The other made more; but the proprietor 
was absent when inquiry was made, and therefore the statement cannot be definite.— 
Each factory will make more the current year than heretofore. 
Wool Carding. In 1863, 12,000 pounds. Cloth Dressing. $200. 
Skiffs. In 1863, $150. 

The village consists of 73 buildings, excludmg, as in the others, and comprises 2 
^Churches ; 2 Ministers of the Gospel ; an Academy and District School; a Library-; a 
Physician and Surgeon; a Post OSce; 5 Stores; 2 Hotels; a Stage, Steamboat and Ex- 
press Office; a Preventive Officer; a Fire Insurance Agency; a Land Agency; a Grist- 
mill— 3 runs; 2 Sawmills, with circular saws and planing machines; a Door, Sash and 
Wlndowblind Shop ; a Rake Factory ; a Snath Factory ; 2 Cabinet Shops; a Carriage, 
Sleigh, Washing Machine and Churn Shop; a Skitf Shop; a Wool Carding and Cloth 
"Dressing Shop ; 2 Hoop Skirt Shops ; 2 Blacksmith Shops ; 3 Boot and Shoe Shops ; a 
Watch Shop; 2 Tailoress Shops; a Milliner Shop. 

The sawmills in this tou-nship, near the lake but out of the village, made, 1863, about 
150,000 feet. And it should be added here that, since the Grr^nd Trunk Railway began 
to carry freight to Portland m Maine, large quantities of Timber, mostly Pine logs, have 
been floated down Cherry river into the lake and thence down Magog river to Shcr- 
brooks, for manufacture, and Portland for market. 

Ship Timber. The exportation of Ship Timber from this lake is a new business, there 
having been none floated on it. for a market, prior to 1803. As it all passes down the 
outlet, it is proper to give the statement of it in connection with the statistics of Magog. 
For about four years past a little shiptimber has been carried from the vicinity of this 
lake, through the Scas^vaninepus and the Massawippi. In 1863 there were gathered in 
the Memphremagog, 1300 Knees and about 50 tons of other shiptimber ; and in 1864, 
Knees 1300, and Ship Timber 600 tons, all Tamarac, and 50,000 feet, board measure, in 
Butternut logs, all of which was floated to the rapids near Sherbrooke. Destination, 
Portland. 

For a few years past, the natural beauty of the lake is receiving artificial embellish- 
JAcnt by wealthy families from the cities coming to reside on the shores and using their 
wealth 1» the erection of buildings and a<ionQing their pleasure grounds. 



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Crsss 



NEY/POHT, YEHMONT, 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN 

and Millinery Soodshi 



A LARGE AND COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF 

Print.-:;. 

Delaines. 

Alpaccas, 
Poplins^, 

Thibets, 

Mozambiques, 

Fancy Plaids and Stripes, 
Brilliants, 

Hoop Skirts, (all sizes,) 
Corsets, 
Skirt Supporters and Hoop Skirts all made to his order ; 
Cambrics ; AIl-^^'ool Delaines in every shade ; 
A stock oi' Cloaks ; Muslins, plain, check'd and striped ; 
Sliawls and Cloakings, not equalled in the County ; 

A very extensiye stock of 

Among which may l»e found 
Sirjpt'd and checked Woolen Shirtinas. 
C<»tton Cloth. 
Sheetings. 

Flannels. 

Gents., Ladies and Chihlrens Cotton Hose, 
Linen Ducks, 

Ladies Gloves, Collars, Embroider- 
ies, L'mbrellas, Parasols, Sua 
Lanbrellas, Fans, &c. &c. 
BLACK buys his Goods for cash and sells for ready pay, and 
can sell lower thn-n any other store in the County. 

Mrs. BLACK superintends the MILLINERY DEPART- 
MENT, and will be pleased to wait upon her numerous custom- 
• rs at all times;. 



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McGLARir BROTB 0" 068 782 ( 
NEWPORT, VERMONT, 

EE NOAV OPEKIXG, |l 



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!| for ihs Fall and Winlsr Trads, 

^ A Large and Complete Assortment of 

|;boots, 

SHOES 
li AND CLOTHINO. 

We are now reeeivino* our ,slock of 



10 ^vhioh -we invite the attention of purohasers, particulJirly to owr 
ALSO, THE LATEST STYLES OF 



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AND A FIXK ASSORTMENT OT 

Broadcloths^ Doeskins, Oassimeres and Vestings, 

FOR THE MERCHANT TAILOR DEPARTMENT. 

Having secured the services of Mr. L. D. LIVINGSTON, 

v,'ho is well known in the County as a Cutter, we feel confKlent 
of puiliug the most fastidious or economical. 




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Hollinger 
pH 8. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 





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HoUinger Corp. 
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